All posts tagged "lambda legal"
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Federal judge hears arguments in lawsuit challenging HB 2
On Monday, a federal judge heard oral arguments on a motion seeking to stop North Carolina from enforcing its controversial HB 2 law. Appearing before...
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ACLU challenging North Carolina’s HB 2 that overturned LGBT ordinances
Here come the lawsuits, North Carolina. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with the ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal and Equality North Carolina,...
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LGBT advocates call on Deal to veto Georgia “religious freedom” bill
An alliance of pro-LGBT organizations submitted more than 75,000 email petitions to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R), asking him to veto a religious freedom bill...
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Change.org petition asks to “drop the T” from equality movement
Signatories say transgender concerns need to be dealt with separately from LGB issues
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The Supreme Court’s surprise “watershed moment” for marriage equality
No one could have predicted that Oct. 6, 2014 would become one of the most significant days in the history of the marriage-equality movement. But...
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Supreme Court urged to allow Virginia same-sex marriages to proceed
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was urged Monday to reject a request to delay the start of Virginia same-sex marriages set to begin...
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Holder: Boy Scouts’ gay ban ‘relic of an age of prejudice’
Holder calls Boy Scouts' gay ban a "relic of an age of prejudice"
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Chris Christie renominates judge who ruled in favor of marriage equality
Chris Christie renominates judge who ruled in favor of marriage equality
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Will Christie punish a New Jersey judge for his gay-marriage ruling?
The New Jersey Supreme Court justice who led Gov. Chris Christie to abandon his fight over a court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in the Garden...
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Federal lawsuit filed against Georgia’s same-sex marriage ban
Georgia became the latest state to face a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Lambda Legal filed the federal lawsuit Tuesday...
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Federal judge orders same-sex marriages to begin immediately in Illinois county
Same-sex couples in one Illinois county will be able to marry effective immediately following a federal court ruling handed down Friday. According to the decision...
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Federal judge orders early issuing of marriage license to Illinois same-sex couple
A lesbian couple in Illinois will marry sooner than expected after a federal court Monday ordered a county clerk to issue a marriage license to...
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West Virginia same-sex couples file lawsuit for marriage rights
West Virginia became the latest state to face a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s same-sex marriage ban following a Tuesday filing by Lambda Legal. Filed...
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ACLU, Lambda Legal Announce Virginia Lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Virginia, Lambda Legal, and the law firm Jenner and Block announced today at a press conference...
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Breakthrough EEOC Settlement in Maryland
The national LGBT organizations Freedom to Work and Lambda Legal announced Monday they had reached a settlement with a government contractor based in Maryland on...
